title: Management of delayed hemorrhage after partial vocal cord cordectomy.
abstract: A patient developed brisk airway bleeding after being discharged earlier that day following an uneventful partial vocal cord cordectomy. This emergent complication required management by the team of anesthesiologists and otorhinolaryngologists. A plausible explanation for the occurrence of this complication was the presence of aberrant arterial blood supply in the area of the vocal cords where the surgery was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., S.W., Rochester, MN 55905 USA. Electronic address: weingarten.toby@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Toby N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Merkur, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bojanić
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., S.W., Rochester, MN 55905 USA.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scavonetto
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., S.W., Rochester, MN 55905 USA.
authors.forename: Juraj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprung
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007830:Larynx / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications; D014827:Vocal Cords
keywords: Aberrancy; Airway bleeding; Hemorrhage; Laryngeal surgery; Superior laryngeal artery; Vocal cord cordectomy